POLICE OFFICER'S MISTAKE
rVC LEAR ED. BY; FIN G E R-P RI NTS. .•(! A 'voni.£in‘7;.who; r giive evidence in a ;,V:case atthe Old'‘Bailey London, lately against. -a" police constable whom she alleged assaulted her, emphatically denied that she was charged with a man at Wiliesden four years ago with stealing a ring, and to prove that her statement was true She consented to hay e her fingerprints taken . .This was done by an officer of Scotland Yard, and. it was shown that she was not the woman who was charged -• at Willesden. • : Quite .clearly, said counsel, a police officer had made a mistake, and a ;< genuine liiistake. “He and 1 unreser- . vedly withdraw, the suggestion,” he .’ added. ' -. Judge/Glrfigory: It only shows how mistakes may happen. Had it not befeniV for the woman’s fingerprints being taken, she might have gone away s under the grave odium of having been cpuvictiSd. N :)
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1931, Page 3
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150POLICE OFFICER'S MISTAKE Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1931, Page 3
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